Erza X Nobody

A/N: I apologize with the mishap of having put up the Erza X Minerva chapter briefly before taking it down; I realized it was not up to snuff, and I wish to retry again with this couple in a later chapter. Sorry for the confusion and the mistake on my part.

Things had not been going well for Erza Scarlet lately. For some reason, her luck had been at its worst yet, especially when it came to interacting with the other women.

"I never want to speak to you again, Erza! We're through forever!"

Erza allowed Lucy to slap her hard across the face, without even trying to put up a fight. The blonde's eyes were leaking with tears and she was shaking; Erza knew she had done something wrong, so she let herself be punished for it. Lucy raised her hand again, preparing another slap, but then she lowered it and ran out of the room, still sobbing. Erza didn't follow after her. It wouldn't do any good. She knew this.

Erza sat down on her bed, rubbing her wounded cheek. She had been struck by magical attacks strong enough to crumble buildings, but for some reason, Lucy's slap hurt even more. This wasn't the first time she'd been hit this week, either. It seemed that none of the girls in the guild wanted anything to do with poor, seductive Erza anymore.

'What did I do to deserve this?' she wondered.

Earlier this week, she had gotten on Mirajane's bad side, after she accidentally pointed out that the white-haired woman was gaining weight. She wrapped her arms around her and squeezed at her waist; Erza couldn't stop herself before pointing out she was feeling softer down there. It had meant to be a stupid little joke. Mirajane was mortified at the implication of her gain, and responded ferociously. Erza was hit in the face with a pie and pushed over as a result. Considering what Mirajane was capable of doing with her powers, Erza had gotten off easy.

Things were a disaster with Levy. In the middle of a fight between Natsu and Gray, Erza stepped in to knock them both out, but by accident, she set fire to the whole stack of books Levy had brought home from the library. If that wasn't enough, Levy's hair caught fire too. The poor girl was screaming and rolling on the floor until Juvia used her water magic to save her. Levy lost most of her locks as a result along with the books. It would be a long time before she would speak to Erza again.

Speaking of Juvia, Erza wasn't winning any points with her either. Talking badly about Gray, or especially beating up on Gray, was a big no-no. Setting fire to Levy and her books didn't help. She called the redhead a 'menace', even.

Evergreen thought Erza was looking at Laki, and Laki thought Erza was looking at Evergreen. That earned Erza two punches to the face.

Lisanna was mad at Erza for what she said about Mirajane's weight.

Wendy heard all of these things, got the wrong idea, and intentionally avoided Erza for days on end.

And lastly, there was Lucy. Poor, poor Lucy. Her heart had been utterly broken by an accidental slip of past infidelity during a conversation about tapioca pudding. She had always been fragile and a little emotional, but Erza didn't think it was this bad. She was just glad the blonde didn't try to kick her in the crotch to boot.

'So what do I do now? I don't have anyone...' Erza wondered with a grimace. She reached over to the night-table across the bed, and took out a photo album inside the cupboard. She flipped through the pages for several seconds before stopping on an old image of a familiar friend: Jellal. She had always liked him. Sure, he had a penis, but their relationship was slightly between friendship and lovers, and she was willing to compromise with him. She stared long and hard at his photograph as if in hopes of forcing herself to fall in love. However, it only brought up a number of unpleasant thoughts about the man.

'Well, we don't share too much in common outside of our time in the mines...he hurt both me and my friends physically and mentally many times...killed another of my childhood friends...is still hanging out with the woman who made him act psychotic in the first place...'

Erza's brow furrowed, and she slammed the book shut and threw it on the floor. 'Fuck it.' she thought, 'I'm not even going to bother worrying about relationships for a while...!'